Writing As an Arts Critic: Prompt for 10/15/15

PROMPT 4: Visual Arts

Paper 4 is due on 10/22/15. It should be two pages, double-spaced. Your grade will reflect your ability to respond fully to the prompt, express your ideas clearly, follow rules of grammar and spelling, follow the “tip sheet” guidelines for writing papers, and demonstrate an understanding of the art on display.

At the Cornell Museum there are several shows currently on view including: Fashionable Portraits in Europe, Jess T. Dugan: Every Breath We Drew, Enduring Documents, Religion Redefined, Gesture and Pose, A Sense of Place, and History and Myth.

Choose one show and review it. Review the show as a whole, but also focus in on one or two works in that show that strike you as particularly interesting.

Be sure to provide plenty of details. Really describe the works and say what you think of them. If you include background or historical information, be sure to cite your sources. Also, remember that this is a review, not a research paper.